Information processing apparatus and connected device status display method

• US 20100007515A1
• Filed: 07/08/2009
• Published: 01/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ito, Keigo
• Granted Patent: US 8,937,529 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/825.360
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: status information input means for inputting status information indicating an operating state and power consumption of each of a plurality of electronic appliances targeted for connection from the plurality of electronic appliances; list screen generating means for generating a list screen that associates the status information inputted from each of the plurality of electronic appliances with the plurality of electronic appliances; and a display control means for controlling display means for displaying the list screen thereon.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

status information input means for inputting status information indicating an operating state and power consumption of each of a plurality of electronic appliances targeted for connection from the plurality of the electronic appliances;

list screen generating means for generating a list screen that associates the status information inputted from each of the plurality of electronic appliances with the plurality of electronic appliances; and

display control means for controlling a display means to display the list screen thereon.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the list screen generating means generates the list screen that associates an amount of carbon dioxide emissions, in addition to the operating state and the power consumption, with the plurality of electronic appliances as the status information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the operating state indicates at least an inactive state or an active state.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the active state shows the content of active processing.

5. A connected device status display method comprising the steps of:

inputting status information indicating an operating state and power consumption of each of a plurality of electronic appliances targeted for connection from the plurality of electronic appliances by a predetermined status information input means;

generating a list screen that associates the status information inputted from each of the plurality of electronic appliances with the plurality of electronic appliances by predetermined list screen generating means; and

display controlling for controlling display means to displaying the list screen thereon.

6. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a status information input unit configured to input status information indicating an operating state and power consumption of each of a plurality of electronic appliances targeted for connection from the plurality of electronic appliances;

a list screen generating unit configured to generate a list screen that associates the status information inputted from each of the plurality of electronic appliances with the plurality of electronic appliances; and

a display control unit configured to control a display unit for displaying the list screen thereon.